Top U.S. searches, Feb.

Top Calif. searches, Feb.

The San Diego region remains a popular online search for prospective home hunters, according to Realtor.com (website).

In the company's February search rankings, the local area was 15th in the country and third in the state.

Nationally, Chicago, Detroit and Los Angeles-Long Beach topped the list. In the state, the San Diego region follows Los Angeles-Long Beach and Riverside-San Bernardino, an area that's fighting a glut of distressed properties, similar to San Diego.

Every month, the real estate website surveys up to 250 major metro areas in the country tallying searches, median prices and sales.

In 2010, San Diego ranked 7th in the country, according to Realtor.com's numbers, "a good indicator for how popular it is to search," Realtor.com spokeswoman Candice Cerro said.

Here are among the most popular searches for San Diego County, one of which is a foreclosure: